Rare Antique Mohtasham Kashan Carpet, Navy Field, Mansion Carpet

From the "Mohtasham" period in central Persian Kashan work, this finely woven, velvety pile room size shows an abrashed rust-red field with a full three column repeating pattern of i...

This is an attractive example of the interwar Manchester merino wool Kashan carpets with ruby red fields and a floral pattern influenced by "American" Sarouks. Here each field end ha...

This antique, finely woven, central Persian city scatter rug shows a scalloped, lightly abrashed navy palmette medallion centering a rose Sub-medallion, all on a cream field with en ...

The scarlet field of luxurious English spun wool features a floating floral spray pattern derived from contemporaneous "American" style Sarouks, while the royal blue border shows pal...

This finely woven central Persian town carpet with a particularly velvety pile was woven during the period of, and possibly by the famous Mohtasham workshop. The rust palmette and vi...

This is a Classic example of the incredibly popular west Persian Sarouk carpets made almost exclusively for the American market. The rosy orange field shows a close all-over pattern ...

Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan  

An early 20th-century finely woven Persian Kashan rug. 4'6'' x 6'9''

An extraordinary early 20th century Persian Mohtashem Kashan Silk rug. Measures: 3'4'' x 3'8'' The rarest group of Kashan carpets that utilizes non-traditional designs and color palettes is the “Motashem Kashan,” which was woven up to the end of the 19th century. This elite class of Kashan carpets uses a very luminous quality of lamb’s wool, which gives the surface a highly reflective quality. Quite hard-to-find, true Motashem Kashan rugs are extraordinarily finely knotted. They employ either a graceful teardrop medallion or intricately detailed all-over blossom and leaf patterns. Their preferred color palette is subtle pastel and earth tones, contrasted by a penetrating midnight indigo blue.  At the same time, these hues retain a remarkable luster, as the rich lanolin has risen to the surface of each fiber of wool. Also, early Motashem Kashan rugs often demonstrate a very sensitive and emotive use of intentional color shading, a technique known as abrash. In Mohtasham Kashan carpets...

The rich navy indigo field of this carpet is rigorously organized by a strap work delineating cartouches and stiff connecting bars with palmette and split arabesque decoration. The m...

This is a fine example of the rustic carpets of the Arak area in western Persia made up to the highest urban standards. The light rose ground is symmetrically filled with a small flo...

A stunning and rare 19th century Persian Mohtasham Kashan rug with the most beautiful central medallion with a mirrored floral pattern, living in the center of a cream colored field ...